Memorial Edition of The Wild Gardener in the Wild Landscape: The Art of Naturalistic Landscaping

by: Warren G. Kenfield

Publication date: 1991

Topics: Landscape gardening, Landscape ecology, Wild flower gardening

Publisher: New London, Conn.: Connecticut College Arboretum

Collection: connecticut-college-library; americana

Contributor: Happy Kitchel Hamilton

Language: English

By Warren G. Kenfield; photography by Happy Kitchel Hamilton.

xiii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223) and index.

Detailed description pending.

Preface to the Memorial Edition by Frank E. Egler, March, 1990.

Additional References by Glenn D. Dreyer.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Dedication - v.

Preface - vii.

Preface to the Memorial Edition - viii.

Table of Contents - xi.

Illustrations - xiii.

Prologue: Five Modes of Landscape Appreciation - 1.

The Wilderness as a Landscape - 3.

The Rural Landscape - 4.

The Herbicide-Sculpted Landscape - 5.

The Occidental Landscape Garden - 6.

Perspectives: Revolution in Land-Use; Horticulture; The Gardening Addict; The Lawn; The Hardy Flower; Plant Ecology: The Ecology Devotee; Vegetation Management; Naturalistic Landscaping; Botany; Physiognomic Vegetation Types; Life History of a Plant; Tools of Management - 9.

PART I.

Intaglio.

The Art of Eliminating Plants - 35.

Planning the Landscape - 38.

Kinds of Elimination Techniques - 48.

Three Special Situations - 71.

PART II.

Maintenance.

The Art of Perpetuating the Landscape - 77.

Vegetation Development - 79.

Behavior of Communities - 87.

Behavior of Species - 90.

Maintenance Procedures - 95.

PART III.

Embellishment.

The Art of Adding and Aiding Plants - 100.

The Art of Adding Plants - 102.

The Art of Aiding Plants - 108.

Naturalization Notes.

Systematic List of Herbaceous Plants, together with certain critical species suitable for northeastern United States and similar parts of the world - 119.

References - 222.

Index to Plants - 224.

Biographical Sketch - 231.